Justice is Not For Sale Act of 2015

Summary

Justice is Not For Sale Act of 2015 This bill requires federal, state, and local governments and their employees to directly operate and perform core services at adult prisons and detention centers. The bill reestablishes parole for eligible federal prisoners sentenced on or after January 1, 2017. (The Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 eliminated parole for offenders convicted of federal crimes committed after November 1, 1987.) It authorizes the United States Parole Commission to: (1) grant or deny a parole application or recommendation; (2) impose conditions on, modify, or revoke parole; and (3) maintain supervision of paroled offenders. Financial service providers at prisons and detention centers must impose reasonable and proportional fees and charges for money transfer services. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau must establish standards to assess such fees or charges. The bill directs the Federal Communications Commission to cap prison phone call rates and connection charges, require telecommunications providers to offer collect and debit account call services, restrict commission payments and ancillary service charges, and require correctional facility administrators to allow more than one telecommunications provider. It eliminates the provision that requires U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to maintain at least 34,000 detention beds. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) must establish nationwide alternatives to detention programs and determine detention bed capacity based solely on detention needs. DHS must conduct annual inspections and routine oversight of detention facilities. The bill prohibits family detention and requires DHS to establish alternatives to detention programs for detained family units. Also, it prohibits separation of a family to detain a family member, except DHS may detain an alien parent who is dangerous to the community and inadmissible on terrorism-related grounds.

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Timeline

1. 17 September 2015

   Introduced

   Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Energy and Commerce, and Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 17 September 2015

   Introduced

   Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Energy and Commerce, and Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 17 September 2015

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 17 September 2015

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

5. 18 September 2015

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.

   Source: Committee

6. 24 September 2015

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.

   Source: Committee

7. 5 October 2015

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

   Source: Committee

Votes

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Versions

• Introduced in House · 17 September 2015 · Official file

Documents

3 official files

• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 17 September 2015

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 17 September 2015

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 17 September 2015

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Sponsors

• Raúl Grijalva · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9] · D · Sponsor
• Keith Ellison · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9] · D · Sponsor
• Alan Lowenthal · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] · D · Sponsor
• Grace Napolitano · D · Sponsor
• BOBBY RUSH · D · Sponsor
• Barbara Lee · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-19] · D · Sponsor
• Mark Takano · D · Sponsor
• Maxine Waters · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12] · D · Sponsor
• LOUISE SLAUGHTER · D · Sponsor
• LUIS GUTIERREZ · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-5] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-17] · D · Sponsor
• James McGovern · D · Sponsor
• Karen Bass · D · Cosponsor
• Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] · D · Cosponsor
• Katherine Clark · D · Cosponsor
• JOSE SERRANO · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36] · D · Cosponsor
• Marcy Kaptur · D · Cosponsor
• Gwen Moore · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4] · D · Cosponsor
• Sheila Jackson Lee · D · Cosponsor
• Jared Polis · D · Cosponsor
• Earl Blumenauer · D · Cosponsor
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Related records

• related to → Justice is Not For Sale Act of 2017
• related to → Justice is Not For Sale Act of 2015
• related to ← Family Telephone Connection Protection Act of 2015